The Clue
Bushel's partner, in song (4 letter answer)
The Answer
PECK
Tags
Notes
The answer PECK is uncommon, appearing about once every 400 puzzles.
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Definition
PECK as a noun:
1. (batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad, whole lot, whole slew) = (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
2. a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons
3. a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches
PECK as a verb:
1. (peck, pick, beak) = hit lightly with a picking motion
2. (peck, pick up) = eat by pecking at, like a bird
3. (smack, peck) = kiss lightly
4. (pick at, peck at, peck) = eat like a bird; "The anorexic girl just picks at her food"
5. (nag, peck, hen-peck) = bother persistently with trivial complaints; "She nags her husband all day long"